4 family members arrested at Manchester Airport, suspected of terror offences

Four people from the same family were arrested at Manchester Airport on Wednesday on suspicion of terror offences, after Turkish authorities stopped a group crossing the Syrian border earlier this month.

The youngest family
member is 22, while the oldest is 47.

The arrests come a day after 21-year-old Waheed Ahmed was placed
in police custody at Birmingham Airport on Tuesday, as well as a
31-year-old man in Rochdale, near Manchester.

All six were arrested under the Terrorism Act and remain in
police custody for questioning.

The investigation was launched after nine people – five adults
and four children – were detained by Turkish authorities while
attempting to cross into Syria last month, with the suspected
intent of joining Islamic State jihadists.